The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-19

which was truth, for ned giv'd up
the coastguardsing.
zone way and another they was al
ways meeting, and young Kemp he
lost his heart to she, and they say as
he told his father as he must have
Nancy Dedman or he would be off to
the war. The old farmer shook'd his
head, but he could never give his son
any denial, and when once he brought
Nancy to see the old man, he said he
were bound to confess that Nancy had
the ways OF lady, Tor all she was so
brown, and was OF the Dedman lot.
II made deal of talk, but old Ded-
man he took no heed, till one day-it
were soon after Dick come home; |
never heard who gotten him out, but
it were soon after. Well, one day
Nancy spoke up that she was
going to get married and to young
Farmer Kemp. There was n kick-up!
the old man and Dick had set their
minds to give Nancy to one OF their
crew to Portsmouth; to keep her in
the trade, and to keep themselves fair
with the head crew there. And the
whole crew was mad after Nancy Ded-
man. Nancy stood to it that she'd
marry young Kemp; and they gave
her time of i'll II regular persecution
as ever you find in Fox's Martyrs,
short OF the stake we'll say. But Nan
cy were none of the kittle sort; she
stood to her say--and one day when
they was out OF the house but not far
off, for they never left she alone Jim
Kemp crawled in from among the
bracken (she'd advertised he out OF
the danger) and tell her as his
father was Just dead, and he
must have an end OF this, and
will she fix the day? He said as how
he'd come and take heraway by force
ii need be, he and some OF his old
mates; and us She was puzzling how
he could get a lot of sailors all o. n
sudden, (you see she know'd nought
OF the coastguard's business Dick
looked in at the door, and his face
was the DEVILS own as it flashed to
him that there stood the man as had
nailed him in the mill and had him to
prison. And Nancy saw him; and Jim
saw him, and turned milkwhlte; Dicks
look was enough to curdle your very
blood. 'Traitorl Nantel' said he; so
you were carrying on and we never
know'd it! and it was you as told
on your own flesh and blood, and
your is'ther's curse and mine too
Hold there cried young Jim, hitting
Dick on the mouth to stop his curses
they was afraid OF curses there) hold
there! She never knew and ne poured
it all out as how it happened, and as
how he was always thinking on Nam
cy, and sogiv'd up the coastguardsing,
part on her account and part on his
fathers. But afore he had ended
Dick were gone, and Nancy was all on
n heap with nought to say-but her
look cut up young Jim, and no mis-
take. i won't say but that he de-
served it-for he'd been double with
her-through love on her, no doubt,
but it's allays best to be straight,
and so he felt too late, and that had
he spoke truth when he told his love
he could but ha' lost her once, and
now he had lost her twice, and the
losing on her respect were worse nor
the losing she.
"She were a wonderful power OF a
woman for all as was in her, and she'd
had little love except from Joe, and
he were dead. So she said to Jim she
forgave him, but it were all to an end
between they; she'd love he all the
days, but she couldn't wed her broth
er's murderer. That were all.
"Well, the next on it was that when
they found as she'd gwen he up they
believed she had nought to say to it,
and was kind to her agin; as kind as
they ever was, and that warn't much,
but she was unaisy, and knew q Fem
too we'll to think as they 'ud let Jim
Kemp be. Whyevcr Dick hadn't
killed him there and then she could
not tell. But one night she were to
bed. and she heard some I'm come in
to the room next; her room were but n
lean.to, and they slept in the big
room. And she heard deal OF whis-
pering, and then they took to drinking
and their voices gets louder and louder,
and she hears Kemp's name, and the
night after next named. and back
from Weyhill Fair and 'a-nich his
gate and ten on us, and the rest
will be there tomorrow, we four and
and they six, that's ten And then
they gets noisler, and Dick, who al
ways kept his head, hushed some one
OMEN up, and turned him out int
the shed, and all was still. Nancy
knew not what was brewing. But
how to get at Jim? how to advertise
he? He would be of to Weyhill long
alore she could get to he, and she
couldn'tge out without going through
the room with Dick in it, or through
the window into the shed with the